Download or read book Western Art and Jewish Presence in the Work of Paul Celan written by Esther Cameron and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2014-10-15 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Western Art and Jewish Presence in the Work of Paul Celan examines “The Meridian” as a base from which to explore the poet’s work as a whole, following the speech’s connections to its sources and to poems written before and after. The discussion focuses on the complex dialogue between Celan’s Jewishness and his vocation as a Western writer.